Stanchion.



R. M. GLOR. STANGHION. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2a, 1908.

Patented Oct. 18,1910.

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STANGHION. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1908.

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ROBERT M. GLOR, OF ATTICA, NEW YORK.

STANCHION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 18, 1910.

Application filed November 28, 1908. Serial No. 464,916.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT M. GLoR, of Attlca, Wyoming county, New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stanchions, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in stanchion construction, and theobject of my invention is to produce a structure of this character whichis adapted to provide an absolutely secure but yet exceedingly easyfastening for cattle, which fastening will give them great freedom ofmovement but yet will hold them so that they cannot possibly get looseaccidentally.

My invention is intended further to produce a simple yet strongstructure in which the cattle can be easily secured or as easilyreleased.

To these ends, and with the general idea of making a comfortable,economical, strong, sanitary construction of the kind described, myinvention consists of certain features of construction which will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar reference characters substantialindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the stanchion construction showing myimprovements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken detail longitudinal sectionof the stanchion, showing the same in position to release a cow or othercreature. Fig. 3 is a detail View partly in section, showing thestanchion in locked posit-ion, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectionlooking up on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

The stanchion has a framework 10 of a character, consisting of the uppersill, top piece, and vertical studs, which can be of any necessarylength, and which as usual in such structures, is arranged so that theheads of the cattle stick through it. I11 this frame are mounted thestanchions, each comprising an upright 12,

a base piece l3,'a top piece 14 longer than the base, and a locking bar15 which is pivoted in the base and swings in the top piece 14. The basepieces and top pieces 13 and 14 are hollowed out in the center, or inother words are made of parallel strips having stops 13 and 14 at theouter ends. This is shown clearly in Fig. 2. Thus the locking bar 15swings freely in the base piece 13, and also in the top piece 14, themovement being limited by the stops 13 and 14 At the top and bottom ofthe upright 12 are brackets 16 and 17 which project inward, and whichare journaled in the frame 10, as shown clearly at 18 and 19. The topbracket 16 is prolonged to form a buffer 20 against which the lockingbar 15 swings when the stanchion is in locked position.

The most important feature of the invention is the catch 21, which is inthe form of a flat plate secured to a handle 22 which is arrangedtransversely in the top piece 14, so that the latch can be operated bythe handle if desired, although it looks automatically. Near its freeend the catch 21 is provided with an offset 23 which is adapted toautomatically engage the end of the look ing bar 15 when the latter isswung into vertical position against the buffer 20, and thereby thelocking bar is held securely closed. It will be seen that it will bebound in all four directions between the two side walls of the top piece14 and between the bi'lffer 20 and the offset portion of the catch 21.The bar is released by tilting the handle 22 and thus lifting the catch21, and the bar can then be swung to the position shown in Fig. 2, andthis causes the free end 23 of the catch to enter the recess 24 in theframework 10, and so the stanchion is locked in its released position.Thus it will be seen that when a creature is released from thestanchion, the latter is locked so that it is always in position for thecreature to stick its head through between the bars 12 and 15 whendriven in, and yet when the stanchion is locked so as to secure thecreature, the latter then has a perfectly free movement of its head, asthe stanchion rotates on its bearings 1S and 19. I consider this featureof locking the stanchion against rotation when in released position,automatically, an important feature, and it will be seen that the detailconstruction of the catch 21 can be departed from considerably withoutaffecting the principle of the invention.

The stanchion is provided with off-set portions 25 which are secured tothe outside of the bar 12, as shown at 26, for the purpose of preventinga creature from sticking its head through the wrong side of the bar12.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that I have produced avery Simple, convenient, safe and sanitary structure,

Well adapted to the use of cattle when a1" ranged in a tie-up, as iscustomary Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent In a stanchion, top and bottommembers, a stanchion frame pivotally mounted between said top and bottommembers, said frame comprising an upright, laterally extending membersat the top and bottom of said upright, each of said laterally extendingmembers consisting of parallel arms, a

locking bar pivoted Within the lower arms and shdable wltlnn the upperarms a removable boltrotatable in the upper arms and having one endformed into a handle, and a metal plate fixed to said bolt and having anoffset end, said offset end adapted to be pressed into a recess in thetop stanchion member when the locking bar is swung open, said lockingbar being engaged by the under face of said plate and wedged in positionand said offset end adapted to engage the end of said bar when thelatter is closed ROBERT M. GLOR. lVitnesses E. B. SKINNER, R. E. SLACK.

